Jim Davis
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Proud Glen Ellyn dad prompts Page 1 coverageMay 30, 2012 5:00 am - One of my first public appearances as an editor was on a community cable TV show where I was asked how people get their news in the newspaper. I said something close to,...
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Proud Glen Ellyn dad prompts Page 1 coverageMay 29, 2012 1:09 pm - One of my first public appearances as an editor was on a community cable TV show where I was asked how people get their news in the newspaper. I said something close to,...
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Winfield’s secret-spilling trustee: Hero or villain?May 20, 2012 5:00 am - Winfield village board member Tim Allen says fellow Trustee Eric Spande is not the hero of this story. “I think he’s the villain,” Allen said in Saturday’s Daily Herald....
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2 very different stories of teen drinking collideMay 13, 2012 5:00 am - The irony wasn't lost on one of our editors. One day after a drunken driving victim was a special guest at Metea Valley High School's prom, he noticed, something less i...
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Fifth-worst job? No way, our staff respondsMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - Stop the presses! Did you hear the news? Being a newspaper reporter is the fifth-crummiest job — behind waiting on tables, but apparently a little better than working on...
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Story of Leeslyee, Nick and Metea simply amazingApr 29, 2012 5:00 am - The story of Leeslyee Huerta and Nick Chodzko is amazing. On so many levels. Amazing that Leeslyee found the strength to overcome her depression her hate toward Nick, th...
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West Chicago mayor more than successful polApr 22, 2012 5:00 am - At today's memorial service at West Chicago's Community High School, I'd bet you'll hear one story after another about Mayor Mike Kwasman, who died Tuesday following a w...
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Naperville Rotary Club talk leads to digital angstApr 15, 2012 5:00 am - I approached Bob Smith, our intrepid city editor, with an urgent request: Bob, I said, we have to find a way to make this work so I don’t look like an idiot. The occasio...
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COD-faculty dispute takes on a life of its ownApr 08, 2012 5:00 am - Early this year, I relayed the story of how I suggested to group of suburban school superintendents many years ago that contract talks between the administration and fac...
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Mum's the word on Sean Payton, superintendentsMar 25, 2012 5:00 am - Hate the sin, love the sinner. That's the phrase that jumped out at me as I edited Justin Kmitch's story on local reaction to the news that one of Naperville's favorite...